Noting that St. Benedict — who lived before the Great Schism — makes reference to both Western and Eastern Church Fathers in his rule, such as St. Basil, the father of communal monasticism in ...

Pope Francis presided at the funeral on Jan. 5 in St. Peter's Square for his predecessor former Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died at the age of 95.

Mourners poured into St. Peter’s Square early Thursday for the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, hoping to pay final respects to the German theologian who made history by retiring.

VATICAN CITY, Jan 2 (Reuters) - A steady stream of tens of thousands of people filed into St. Peter's Basilica on Monday to pay their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI, whose body was laying in ...

Benedict's remains were placed on Wednesday in a triple coffin -- lined with cypress, zinc and wood -- and were brought on Thursday at about 8:50 a.m. into St. Peter's Square, where the funeral ...

LUBBOCK, Texas — St. Benedict’s Chapel prepared hot meals every day for the homeless, working poor and the food insecure to ...

The pope emeritus is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, where some 65,000 mourners, including Roman Catholic faithful and tourists, had paid last respects by Monday evening.

The lying-in-state of former Pope Benedict XVI, who died Saturday at the age of 95, began Monday in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City ahead of his funeral later this week.

Kwaku Agyabeng (10) of St. Benedict's controls the ball against Don Bosco Prep during the boys soccer game at Hinchliffe Stadium in Patterson, NJ on Sunday, September 7, 2024.

Top-seeded St. Benedict’s, No. 1-ranked in the NJ.com Top 20, advanced from the semifinal of the Essex County Tournament with a 2-0 win over fourth-seeded Montclair Kimberley in Newark.

Vatican Media Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni (third from left, front row) pays her respects to the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter's Basilica on Jan. 2, 2023.

Vatican City, Jan 2, 2023 / 04:54 am. The mortal remains of Benedict XVI were moved early Monday morning to St. Peter’s Basilica, where the late pope will lie in state through Jan. 4.